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DOVER (N. H.) PHYSICIAIS^S.

BY JOHN RANDOLPH H.\M, M. D., OF DOVER.

The following sketch of the Physicians of Dover, N. H., is de- signed to embrace the name of every regular physician who has practiced in Dover, whenever existing records have preserved a trace. The names are arranged in the supposed order of settlement, and the date prefixed to each indicates the earliest year in which the physician is known to have been in practice in Dover.

1 63 1. Dr. Renald Fernald, sent out to New Hampshire by Capt. John Mason, of England, in 1631, was the first physician and surgeon among the New Hampshire settlers. He resided at Portsmouth, N. H., but was only five miles below the settlement at Hilton's (now Dover) Point. He was undoubtedly physician to the Dover settlement 'till his death in 1656. 1684. Dr. John Buss was born in 1640, and was an educated physician. He began the practice of medicine at Wells, Me., in

1672, and, although it does not appear that he was ever ordained, preached to that people, in addition to his medical practice. In 1684 he moved to Dover, and settled in the Oyster River parish ; practiced medicine and preached in that parish 'till

1 7 1 8, when he retired. In the attack upon the Oyster River parish by the Indians, 18 July, 1694, his house, with a valuable library, was destroyed by fire ; he was absent at the time, and his wife and children fled to the woods. The parish of Oyster River became the town of Durham in 1732 ; he died in Durham in 1736.

1 71 7. Dr. Thomas Alden was practicing in Dover as early as Dec. 28, 171 7, when he witnessed the will of Judge John Tuttle. He was surgeon in 1722 to a company of soldiers that cut a road from Dover to Lake Winnipisaukee ; and had land laid out to him, July 4, 1723, by the town of Dover. He was found dead in the highway, at his horse's feet, March 8, 1732, having a deep wound in his head, supposed to have been received, in his

fall, from a glass bottle which he held in his right hand ; one of 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

his legs was broken, and he was frozen stiff. His widow, Elizabeth, returned an inventory of ^170, 4s, lod.

1 718. Dr. Jonathan Crosbee was practicing in Dover as early as 22 Oct., 1718, at which date he bought of James and Mary Burnham 18 acres of land in the Oyster River parish. He sold his Oyster River property, 18 Sept., 1722, to Joseph and ^ Samuel Smith, and moved to/j over Ne ck, where he bought of Joshua Cromwell 12 acres of land, 21 Oct., 1723. He had wife, Hannah, and the dates of birth of their children begin in 1719 on

the town records ; with his second wife, Mary, he sold his dwell- ing-house and land, on Dover Neck, to Nicholas Hartford, 16

July, 1 731, and probably left Dover. 1720. Dr. Samuel Merrow, son of Henry Merrow, was born in Reading, Mass., 9 Oct., 1670 (o. s). He began to practice medicine in Dover, in about 1720, and was in practice there as late as 1733. He lived in the Oyster River parish, now

Durham ; moved to Rochester, N. H., and died there about 1740. 1729. Dr. Thomas Miller was practicing in Dover as

early as 1729 ; the dates of baptism of his children, on the church records, beginning in that year. He was appointed in 1745, by the House and Council, Surgeon of the N. H. regiment, under Col. Moore, in the Louisburg expedition. He lived in the parish of Somersworth, which parish became the town of Somersworth in 1754, and died in Somersworth; the administration of his estate was granted to John Gage, of Dover, June 30, 1762. His estate was appraised at ^1126, 6s, iid. ^735- Dr. Cheney Smith was practicing in Dover as early as 1735. He married Eunice, daughter of Capt. Thomas Baker, of Dover, and lived on the corner of Pleasant and Silver streets. He was Assistant Surgeon of Col. Nathaniel Me- serve's N. H. regiment in 1757, in the Crown Point expedition. He died about 1759, leaving five daughters, and one son (Cheney) who died a soldier in the Revolution. Tradition says Dr. Smith

prescribed for himself a little grog several times a day, so often, indeed, that the doses often unfitted him for prescribing for others.

1735. ^^- Moses Carr was born 25 Nov. 1715 (o. s.), in Newbury, Mass.; began the practice of medicine in 1735 in

Dover ; married Mary, daughter of Paul GeiTish, of Dover, DOVER PHYSICIANS. 5 and lived in the parish of Somersworth. In addition to his medical practice, he was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1776 to 1784. He practiced, with reputation, 'till within a few years of his death, which occurred ;^o March, 1800.

1759. Dr. Moses Howe was in practice in Dover as early as 1759, the dates of baptism of his children beginning in that year. He was elected Moderator of a town-meeting in 1766. He died in Dover, "of bleeding," Nov. 2, 1776. 1762. Dr. Ebenezer Noyes was born in 1739, in Newbury, Mass., and was graduated in 1759 from Nassau Hall, Princeton,

N. J. ; studied medicine, and began to practice in Dover, about

1762, and practiced until his death, which occurred Aug. 3, 1767.

His tombstone, which is standing near Col. John Waldron's burial- ground, above Garrison Hill, Dover, gives the date of death as above, while Coffin's History of Newbury says he died the nth of August.

1767. Dr. Ezra Green was born June 17, 1746 (o. s.), in

Maiden, Mass. ; was graduated from Harvard in College 1765 ; studied medicine with Dr. Sprague, of Maiden, Mass. ; settled in Dover as a physician in 1767. In June, 1775, on the Sunday after the battle of Bunker Hill, he joined the N. H. regiment under

Col. Reed, on Winter Hill in Charlestown, as Surgeon ; and served

'till the winter of 1776, when he left the army and returned to Dover. He was commissioned, in Oct., 1777, as Surgeon of the ship-of-war Ranger, under the command of Capt. John Paul Jones, and on Nov. i , sailed for France, and was in the engagement with the Drake. The Ranger returned to Portsmouth, N. H., in Oct.,

1778, and Dr. Green left her and returned to Dover. He married, 13 Dec, 1778, Susanna, daughter of Reuben Hayes, of Dover; sailed again as Surgeon of the Ranger m March, 1779, and left her again in July, 1779. He sailed in 1780, as Surgeon of the Alex- ander, axid remained in her 'till the autumn of 1 781, when his revolutionary service ended. At the close of the war, he relinquished his medical practice to his friend and successor, Dr. Jacob Kittredge, to whom he gave his books, medicines and surgi- cal instruments, and then commenced a mercantile business in

Dover. He was the first Postmaster of Dover, and he held the Dover, office several years ; was chosen Deacon of First Church, in 1790, and served 'till 1829; was a member of the State 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE iSIEDICAL SOCIETY.

Convention, in June, 178S, which adopted the Constitution of the United States; and he died in'i:)over, 2sJuly, 1847, aged loi years and 27 days. Wigglesworth, son of Rev. Samuel Wig- 1 768. Dr Samuel grad- glesworth, of Ipswich, Mass., was born 25 Aug., 1734 ; was uated from Han-ard College in 1752 ; was teacher of the Ipswich Grammar School from May 6, 1755, to May 2, 1759; studied medicine and began practice in Ipswich, Mass. ; and was in the practice of medicine in Dover about 1768. He lived on Central street, Dover, in the building next south of the present Belknap church, which house he, with his brother John, a trader in Dover, sold in 1 771 to John Wentworth, Jr. He was Surgeon of Col. John Waldron's regiment in the winter of 1775-6; was teaching the Pine Hill school, Dover, in the summer of 1776, in addition to his medical practice ; and was Surgeon of Col. Joshua Win- gate's regiment in 1776-7. He married, 9 Sept., 1779, Mary, daughter of George Waldron, of Dover, and niece of Capt. Thomas Westbrook Waldron, and next lived on the spot where the present Episcopal church now stands, on Central street, Dover. He left Dover as early as 1792, and settled in Lee, N. H., where he died about 1800. 1782. Dr. Jacob Kiitredge was born in Andover, Mass., 15 at Phillips in March, 1 761 ; was a student Andover Academy 1 778 ; was probably in practice in Dover as early as 1782, since Walter

Cooper Green, in his sketch of the life of his father. Dr. Ezra Green, of Dover, says when his father ended his revolutionary service he relinquished his medical business in Dover to his friend and successor, Dr. Jacob Kittredge. Dr. Kittredge became a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society in 1792. He lived on the corner of Central and Kirkland streets, Dover, in a house which had been kept as a tavern by Abraham Hanson in the Revolution, and which is still in good preservation. He died in Dover, 15 July, 1807. 1795. Dr. Carlton was practicing in Dover as early as 1795, and was elected, in that year, Moderator at a town-meeting. His name does not appear on the tax list of Dover in 1793, nor in 1797 ; his residence in Dover could not have been more than four years. 1802. Dr. Jabez Dow, son of Nathan Dow, of Kensington, N. H., was born 24 Jan., 1776; was educated under Rev. Mr. ;

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Shaw, of Kensington ; entered Dr. Jacob Kittredge's office, in as a Dover, medical student in 1793 ; began the practice of med-

icine, in Kensington, in i 796 ; married Hannah Waite, of Maiden, Mass.; and moved to Dover in May, 1802, where he practiced

'till his death, on 9 Jan., 1839. He was one of the founders of

the Strafford District Medical Society in 1808 ; became a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society in 1816; and was the best known surgeon in Dover and surrounding towns for more than thirty years. He lived on Silver street, in a house kept as a tavern by Thomas Footman prior to 1800, and in which Henry Dow, his son, now lives. 1803. Dr. Jacob Maine, son of Josiah, and grandson of Rev.

Amos Main, the first minister of Rochester, N. H., was born in Rochester; was graduated from Harvard College in iSoo; studied medicine with Dr. Ammi R. Cutter, of Portsmouth, N. H.

married Sarah Ann, daughter of his preceptor ; and began the practice of medicine in Dover, in 1803. In addition to his medical practice, he kept an apothecary store on Main street. He

died in Dover, of consumption, between 15 July and 30 Nov., 1807. 1808. Dr. Josiah Lane, son of Joshua Lane, of Stratham, N. H., was born May 21, 1778; was practicing in Dover as early as

1808 ; was twice married, his last wife being Sarah Pearson. He remained in Dover only two or three years, and then went to Gil-

manton, N. H. He subsequently practiced in New York ; was

practicing in 1840, in Ohio ; and died in i860, in Pennsylvania. 1808. Dr. Jonathan B. Greeley, son of Jonathan Greeley, of East Kingston, N. H., was born there in 1785, his mother being Mary, daughter of Governor Josiah Bartlett. He came

to Dover as early as 1808, and practiced 'till 1815, when he returned to East Kingston. He married (ist) Susan Richardson,

of Durham, N. H., July 3, 18 10, and after his return to East Kingston, he married (2d) Hannah Stevens, of that place. He was a member of Strafford District Medical Society ; was a man

of fine talents, and was skillful in his profession, but ruined himseli

by intemperance ; and died 11 Feb., 1819, leaving a widow only 19 years of age. His widow, Hannah, completed her studies at Bradford (Mass.) Academy, and married (2d) Theodore Noyes, of

East Kingston ; she became the mother of Hon. Edward F. Noyes, ex-Governor of Ohio, and present United States Minister to France. 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

i8i2. Dr. David Plummer advertises, in 1812, to the citizens

of Dover, that he has taken an ofifice for the practice of physic and surgery.

1 814. Dr. Taylor was in practice in Dover as early as 1814; he was a well educated physician, and, in addition to his medical practice, taught Latin and Greek to young men flitting for college.

18 15. Dr. Jonathan Flagg was a resident physician in Dover as early as 1815 ; was a well read physician, but was not popular, on account of his strict temperance principles. He left Dover, in

181 7, and settled in Boston, Mass., where he gave up the practice of medicine and became a leading dentist.

1 81 5. Dr. Jonathan Woodbury, son of Dr. Robert Wood- bury, of Barrington, N. H., was born 13 June, 1791 ; he was educated at Gilmanton and Exeter, N. H., Academies ; read medicine with his father in 181 2, and with Dr. Jabez Dow, of Dover, in 1 813 and 18 14, and began the practice of medicine, in 1815, in partnership with Dr. Dow, in Dover. He left Dover, in 181 7, and settled in practice in Union, N. Y., where he remained 'till his death. May, 1835. He was a member of Strafford District Medi- cal Society.

1 816. Jacob Khtredge, m. d., son of Dr. Jacob Kittredge, of

Dover, was born i Oct., 1794; read medicine with Dr. Jabez' Dow, of Dover; was graduated from Harvard Medical College in t8i6, and began the practice of medicine in the same year, in Dover. He was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the Strafford

District Medical Society ; and was a member of the N. H. Legis- lature in 1830 and 1831. He built the house next to his father's, on Central street, and resided in it—the one now occupied by Mrs. Wm. F. Estes. He was in practice in Dover until within a few days of his death, which occurred from inflammation of the bowels, Dec. 18, 1831. He visited his patients at Piscataqua Bridge on the Friday preceding his death, and for twenty-one years had not been conflned to his house a single day by sickness. No man in Dover could have been taken away whose loss would have been more severely felt. His funeral was from the Unitarian church, and Rev. Dr. S. K. Lothrop pronounced the eulogy, a large concourse of people being present. DOVER PHYSICIANS. 9

1818. Dr. Asa Perkins, son of William Perkins, of Dover,

was born April, 1 ; read medicine with Dr. Dow, of 5 793 Dover ; began practice in 1816, in Rochester, N. H. ; returned to Dover, in 1818, and practiced 'till 1830, when he was obliged, from ill health, to relinquish his practice. He was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and a member of Strafford District Medical So- ciety. He continued to reside in Dover 'till his death, which occurred from consumption. May 3, 1850.

1 82 1. George Washington Kiitredge, m. d., son of Dr. Jacob Kittredge, of Dover, was born 15 Feb., 1800; was graduated from Harvard Medical College, in 1821, and began the practice of medicine in the same year, in Dover ; was member of Massachusetts Medical Society, Fellow of N. H. Medical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society. He lived in the old tavern of 1776, in which his father lived and died, and which is yet standing, on the corner of Central and Kirkland streets. He died, in Dover, 4 July, 1836, from a pulmonary dis- ease induced by the inhalation of chlorine while fumigating himself after visiting patients in a small-pox epidemic. 1824. Freedom Seaver, m. D.,*'of Vermont, was graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1822 ; was in practice in Dover as early as 1824, and as late as 1825. He was a member of Strafford District Medical Society. 1825. Dr. Samuel Waite Dow, son of Dr. Jabez Dow, of

Dover, was born 26 Sept., 1802 ; read medicine with his father; attended medical lectures at Harvard College ; began practice in

Dover, in 1825 ; was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society; was obliged, in

1836, from ill health, to give up practice ; and died 15 May, 1837, in the McLean Insane Asylum, in Somerville, Mass. 1825. Arthur Livermore Porter, m. d., was born in 1794, in

Portsmouth, N. H. ; was graduated in 1818, from Dartmouth

Medical College ; was Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the University of Vermont ; left Burlington, and assisted John Williams, agent of Dover Manufacturing Company, in the summer of 1825, in starting the Bleachery and Printworks in Do- ver ; from which the first shipment of calicoes was made to Boston market, in February, 1826. He visited Europe, in April, 1826, in the interests and employ of the Dover Manufacturing Company, lO NEW H.-UIPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY. and returned in Aug., 1827; re-ora;anized the Printworks on his return, and was superintendent 'till Nov., 1829, when, being super- seded, he gave his entire attention to the practice of medicine in

Dover. He left Dover, in 1836, and setded in Detroit, Michigan, where he practiced 'till his death, which occurred from erysipelas, in 1845.

1 83 1. Nathaniel Low, m. d., son of Dr. Nathaniel Low, of

South Berwick, Me., was born 4 July, 1792 ; was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809, and from Dartmouth Medical College in 1813; began the practice of medicine in 1813, in South Ber- wick, Me.; was a member of the Maine Legislature in 1825; moved to Portland, Me., in 1825, and was editor of a political paper for two or three years ; was Secretary of the Maine Senate in 1827; was Postmaster of Portland; moved to Dover in 1831, and, with the exception of short absences, has practiced continuously in Dover since that date. He was a member of the N. H. Legislature in 1846 and 1847; ^^^s Postmaster of Dover in

1863-65 ; and is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society. 1832. Dr. Solon Stark, son of Dr. James Stark, and grandson

of Archibald Stark, was born in Hopkinton, N. H. ; practiced medicine in Dover, in 1832 ; went to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1833, and practiced 'till his death, in 1877. His grandfather, Archibald, was a brother of General John Stark of the Revolution. 1832. Joseph Haven Smith, m. d., son of John Smith, was

born in Rochester, N. H., 17 Nov., 1805 ; was graduated from

Bowdoin Medical College in 1829 ; settled in practice in 1829, in

Rochester, where he remained three years ; moved to Dover, in 1832, where he practiced until 1867, when he moved to Lowell,

Mass., where he is yet in practice. He married (ist) Meribah Hanson, and (2d) Mrs. Wiggin, of Dover. While in Dover, in addition to his medical practice, he was editor of the Dover Gazette for several years. He was an active member of the

Dover School Committee ; was Inspector of Drugs in the Boston

Custom House, under President Pierce, residing in Dover ; was Representative in the N. H. Legislature in 1837, and member of the State Senate in 1844-45 \ is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and was its President in 1849. Since residing in Lowell, he has edited a paper in addition to his medical business. ;

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1S33. Dr. Joseph Hammons was born in 1787, and was in

practice in Farmington, N. H., as early as 181 7, and while in practice in Farmington, he was twice elected Member of Congress, his terms of service beginning 4 March, 1829, and ending 4 March, 1833.

He moved to Dover in 1833, and practiced 'till his death, which occurred 28 March, 1836. He was Postmaster of Dover in 1833 '> was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and a member of the Strafford District Medical Society.

1S33. Robert W. Wells, m. d., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in brother to 1795 J ^^^ Lloyd W. Wells, Esq., formerly Agent of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company ; was educated in Phila-

delphia ; read medicine with Dr. Bush, one of the first physicians of New York city ; was graduated from a medical college in New York; came to Dover and practiced in 1832-3, remaining one year. He went to Louisiana in 1833, and practiced 'till his death, in 1848. He was never married. 1834. Noah Martin, m. d., was born in Epsom, N. H., 26

July, 1 801 ; read medicine with Dr. Pillsbury, of Pembroke, N.

H., and Dr. Graves, of Deerfield, N. H. ; was graduated from

in Dartmouth Medical College 1824 ; practiced one year with his preceptor. Dr. Graves; went to Great Falls, N. H., in 1825, and practiced there nine years; married, 15 Oct., 1825, Mary J., daughter of Dr. Robert Woodbury, of Barrington, N. H. ; moved to Dover, in 1834, and practiced there until his death, which occurred from apoplexy. May 28, 1863. Li 1830 and 1832, he represented Great Falls in the N. H.

Legislature, and in 1 83 7 he represented Dover in the same body was member of the N. H. Senate in 1835 and 1836 ; was Gov- ernor of New Hampshire in 1852 and 1853 ; became member of Strafford District Medical Society in 1835, ^"^^ its President in in 1 84 1 and 1842 ; became Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society

1836, and its President in 1858 ; was one of the founders of the

Dover Medical Society, and was its first President, in 1849 ^^^^ 1850; became member American Medical Association in 1849; was delegate from N. H. Medical Society in 1849, to examine the graduating class of Dartmouth Medical College, and to deliver the for address to the same ; was President of the Savings Bank the County of Strafford from 1844 to 1852 ; was Director of Dover from Bank from 1847 to 1855 ; and Director of Strafford Bank 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

i860 to his death ; was corporator N. H. Agricultural Society, and its Vice-President in 1849 and 1851 ; was Trustee, in 1852 and 1853, of the N. H. Asylum for the Insane; became member in 1853 of N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, and its Vice-Presi- in of Historical So- dent in 1855 ; became member, 1853, N. H. ciety ; was Trustee, in 1855, of N. H. Reform School ; was Free Mason and Odd Fellow. Dr. Martin was a skillful physician, and the leading practitioner of Strafford County. 1835. Dr. Harvey G. Ford was in practice in Dover as early as 1835 ; became member in 1836 of the Strafford District Medi- cal Society. He accidentally inoculated the children of one of the leading families of Dover with the virus of variola, causing the death of the oldest daughter, and by so doing created such a public sentiment against him as to oblige him to seek another field; left Dover, in 1840, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., where he shortly after died.

1835. James Wellington Cowan, m. d., son of James and Harriet (Fiske) Cowan, was born 23 June, 18 14, in Pleasant Val- ley, N. Y. ; his parents afterwards living in Dover and Great Falls,

N. H. He read medicine with Noah Martin, m. d., and was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1835 ; began the practice of medicine in 1835, i^ Dover, and practiced there until within a few months of his death, which occurred from consumption, 21 July, 1848. He married, 5 Oct., 1837, Elizabeth, daughter of William Hodgdon, Esq., of Dover. He was a member of the N. H. Legislature in 1844 ; was a Fellow of the N. H. Medi- cal Society, and a member of Strafford District Medical Society ; was a good physician, and had a large practice.

1836. Albert Gallatin Fenner, m. d., son of Elhanan W.

Fenner, was born i Dec, 1813, in Taunton, Mass. ; read medicine with Arthur Livermore Porter, m. d., in Dover ; was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College; began to practice in 1836, in

Dover, where he has practiced continuously to this date ; is a Fel- low of the N. H. Medical Society ; and is a member and ex-Pres- ident of the Strafford District Medical Society ; and has served on Dover School Committee for several years.

1836. Timothy Hilliard, m. d., was graduated in 1809, from

Harvard College ; and from Harvard Medical College in 1824. Between 1809 and 1824, he was clergyman and teacher ; from 3

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1824 he was physician, and teacher in various academies. He

came to Dover, in 1836, and practiced medicine for two years • left Dover in 1838, moved to Epping, N. H., and died there in 1847.

1837. Jefferson Smith, m. d., son of Dr. Daniel Smith, was born in Berwick, Me., in 1808; began the study of medicine in 1829, with Dr. Burleigh Smart, of Kennebunk, Me.; was graduated, in 1832, from Bowdoin Medical College ; practiced one year in Gray, Me. ; moved to Springvale, Me., in 1833 ; and came to

Dover, in 1837, where he practiced 'till his death, which occurred from diphtheria. May 1 7, 1864. While in Dover, he practiced dentistry in connection with medicine. He was member of Strafford District Medical Society.

1838. Dr. Levi Merrill was in practice in Tuftonborough as early as 1819 ; left Tuftonborough in 1838, and moved to Dover, where he practiced seven years ; then moved to Boston, Mass.,

where he practiced for six years ; returned to Dover, in 1851, and again opened an office for medical practice. While in Dover, in

185 1, his wife died ; he finally moved back to Tuftonborough, and died there. While in Dover, he was an assistant editor of the Dovei' Gazette, and was also a member of the Dover School Com-

mittee ; he was a member of the Strafford District Medical Society.

1839. Richard Steele, m. d., son of Judge Jonathan Steele, was born at Durham, N. H., 6 Jan., 1797; was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1815, and from Dartmouth Medical College in 1S25 ; commenced the practice of medicine at Portsmouth, N.

H., and continued it successively at Durham, Peterboro', Dover,

Lowell, Mass., Great Falls, N. H., Boston and Newburyport, Mass.

He was in practice in Dover only one year, in 1839 ; he returned to Dover from Newburyport, in 1867, and died there June 13,

1869. He was married four times ; his second wife was a daughter of Prof. Nathan Smith, of Hanover, N. H. 1839. Calvin Hazen Guptill, m. d., was born 24 July, 1814, in North Berwick, Me. ; was graduated in 1839, from Dartmouth Medical College, and settled in practice in Dover, in the same year ; left Dover in 1842, and settled in Ehot, Me., where he has practiced continuously since. He has been elected for twenty-five successive years a member of the School Committee of the town of Ehot. ;.

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1840. Moses French Colby, m. d., was graduated from Dart- practiced several years in Ossi- mouth Medical College in 1821 ; settled in practice in pee, N. H. ; left Ossipee in 1840, and Dover ; left Dover, in 1848, and returned to Ossipee, and died there. He was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and a member of the Strafford District Medical Society. 1840. Calvin Cutter, m. d., was born in Jaffrey, N. H., May

I, 1807; attended medical lectures at Bowdoin, Harvard and Dartmouth Colleges, and was graduated in medicine from Dart- mouth, in 1832 ; began practice in 1832, in Rochester, N. H., and remained there one year; left Rochester, in 1833, and became the private pupil of Valentine Mott, m. d. ; settled in Nashua, N H., in 1834, and practiced there a few years; again gave up his practice and became a pupil of Dr. McClellan, of Philadelphia was next in practice in Dover, being in Dover as early as 1840, and as late as 1 844. He was lecturing throughout the United States, from 1844 to 1856, on Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, and he published a text-book on these topics, in 1847, which had an extensive use. He was mustered into the United States service, in

Aug., 1861, as Surgeon of 21st Massachusetts Volunteers ; was a

Brigade Surgeon in the 9th Army Corps ; was wounded at Bull Run and at Fredericksburg. He died, June 20, 1872, at Warren,

Mass. His son, Dr. John Clarence Cutter, is on duty in a govern- ment hospital in Japan. 1842. Dr. Ellis Sweetlove was born in 1807, in Bolton, England; he came to Dover, in 1842,' and practiced until his death, which occurred from brain fever, 10 Feb., 1847.

1842. Paul Augustine Stackpole, m. d., was born in Roches- ter, N. H. ; was a student at Phillips Andover Academy ; was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1842 ; has practiced in Dover since date of graduation ; is a Fellow ot the N. H. Med- ical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society,

and is ex-President of each ; is member of Massachusetts Medical

Society, and of American Medical Association. He married, 9 July, 1845, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles P. Hills, of Haverhill, Mass. He practiced dentistry, in connection with medicine, for several years ; was delegate from the N, H. Medical Society, in 1858, to examine the graduating class of Dartmouth Medical Col- lege, and to deliver the address to the same ; has served on Board 1;;

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of Instruction of city of Dover for several years ; is an editor of the Dover Press.

1844. Dryden Smith,. m. d., son of Dr. Daniel Smith, was born

8 Sept., 1822, in Waterborough, Me.; read medicine with his brother, Jefferson Smith, m. d., of Dover; was graduated, in 1844, from the Berkshire (Massachusetts) Medical Institution ; began the practice of medicine in 1844, in Dover ; left Dover in the summer of 1849, "^^^ moved to Biddeford, Me., where he died 25 June, 1868.

1844. Robert Thomson, m. d., was born 10 Oct., iSoo, at Alloa, Scotland was educated at Dollar Academy, Clackmannan ; county ; went to Glasgow Universit}' in 181 7, and was graduated in medi-

cine, in 1820, from that institution ; entered the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in 1820, and in 1822 received his diploma

from that institution ; began the practice of medicine in 1822, in Glasgow; moved, in 1831, to Dundee and practiced there until 1844. While at Dundee, he was one of the surgeons to the Royal Infirmary. He emigrated to America in 1844, and settled in practice in Dover ; was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and a member of the Strafford District Medical Society ; and practiced 'till within a few days of his death, which occurred 1 Aug., 1870. 1844. Nicholas Leavitf Folsom, m. d., was born 20 Dec,

1815, atGilmanton, N. H. ; read medicine with Drs. Chase Prescott of Pittsfield, Timothy Haynes of Concord, and Josiah Crosby, then of Laconia ; attended medical lectures at Hanover, N. H., and at Berkshire, Mass., and was graduated from the latter institution in 1844. He began the practice of medicine in 1844, in Dover left Dover in March, 1853, and moved to Portsmouth, N. H., where he continues to practice his profession. 1845. Dr. Enoch Mack was born in 1806, in Lyme, Conn. received his hcense to practice in 1827, from the Schoharie County Medical Society, of New York practiced medicine for a few ; years in Pennsylvania, and then became a preacher; came to Dover, in 1835, ^^''^ ^^^ installed pastor of the Freewill Baptist in church, where he preached two years ; and was next engaged editing the Disciple, in Dover. He did not practice medicine in Dover until 1845, and was in practice until 1848, when he moved for years to New York city ; was City Missionary in New York 18 ; 6 ;

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since 1866 has been Missionary at large, his present residence being Catskill Station, Columbia Co., N. Y. 1846. John Hodgdon Paul, m. d., was born in Rollinsford, N. H., 23 June, 1818; attended medical lectures at Bowdoin Medi- cal College, and at Jefferson Medical College, and was graduated

from the latter in 1846 ; began the practice of medicine in Dover,

1 practiced dentistry in connection with medicine ; was in 846 ;

member of Strafford District Medical Society ; and died in Dover,

Nov. 12, 1858, of consumption. 1846. Jeremiah Horne, m. d., son of Jeremiah Home, and grandson of Isaac Horne, of Dover, was born in Rochester, N. H., 29 Jan., 1816; read medicine with Drs. Richard Russell, of Great Falls, N. H., and Winslow Lewis, m. d., of Boston, Mass.

was member of the Tremont Medical School ; was graduated, in

1840, from Bowdoin Medical College ; began practice in Lowell,

Mass. ; came to Dover in 1846, and, with exception of short absences, has practiced there continuously to the present date. He

has been Alderman of Dover ; was member of the N. H. Legisla-

ture in 1 86 1 and 1862 ; is a member of the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society, and of the Strafford District Medical Society. 1847. Charles Augustus Tufts, m. d., son of Asa Alford

Tufts, of Dover, was born 6 Nov., 182 1, and has been a Pharma- cist in Dover since 1847; ^^^ Vice-President of American Phar-

Association in its maceutical 1863-4, and Treasurer since 1865 ; was member of the N. H. Senate in 1861 and 1862 ; was graduated, in 1869, from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and was its Vice-President from 1866 to 1876 ; received honorary de- gree of A. M. from Dartmouth College in 1870; read medicine with Drs. Martin and Stackpole, and was graduated in 1871 from

Dartmouth Medical College ; is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and member of the Strafford District Medical Society ; is member of N. H.

Historical Society ; is member of Board of Instruction of city of

Dover. Has been member of Governor's Staff, He married, in 1848, Annie Blanchard Souther, of Concord, N. H. He has never been engaged in the practice of medicine.

1848. Alphonso Bickford, m. d., son of Thomas Bickford, of Dover, was born 12 Dec. 1817; read medicine with George W. Kittredge, m. d., of Dover, and was graduated, in 1837, from DOVER PHYSICIANS. 17

Bowdoin Medical College ; began to practice in 1837, in Durham,

N. H. j left Durham, in 1848, and settled in practice in Dover.

He was Mayor of Dover in 1861 and 1862 ; was Alderman in 1866 and 1867 ; was a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society ; was member and President of the Strafford District Medical Society ; was a skillful physician, and had an extensive practice. He died in Dover, 31 Dec, 1869, from consumption.

1848. Levi Gerrish Hill, m. d„ was born 7 July, 181 2, in

Strafford, N. H. ; read medicine with Drs. Webster, of Strafford,

Wight, of Gilmanton, and Prof. Mussey, of Hanover, N. H. ; was graduated, in 1838, from Dartmouth Medical College; began practice in Salisbury, N. H., where he remained about one year;

practiced in Great Falls, N. H., some eight years ; came to Dover, in 1848, where he is yet in the practice of his profession. He is member of Strafford District Medical Society, and a Fellow of the

N. H. Medical Society, and is ex-President of each ; is member of American Medical Association, and honorary member of the

Maine Medical Society ; has been Alderman of Dover, and has served on School Committee. He married, in 1838, Abby B. Shackford, daughter of Samuel B. Shackford, of Barrington, N. H.

1848. Thomas Jefferson Worcester Pray, m. d., son of Major

Moses Pray, of Lebanon, Me., was born 2 Sept., 1819 ; was graduated, in 1844, from Bowdoin College; read medicine with Dr. T. H. Jewett, of South Berwick, Me.; was graduated, in 1848, from Harvard Medical College ; and settled in practice in 1848, in Dover, where he yet adheres to his profession. He is Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society, — being President of the former and ex-

President of the latter ; is a Coroner for Strafford County ; was member of the N. H. Legislature in 1858 and 1859 ; has been

President of the Dover Common Council ; has served for several years on the Dover School Committee ; has been School Com- missioner for Strafford County; was delegate in 1863 and in 1878 from N. H. Medical Society to examine the graduating classes of Dartmouth Medical College, and to deliver address to the same. Married (ist) Sarah E., daughter of John H. Wheeler, of Dover, and (2d) Martha A., daughter of Rev. S. S. Matthews.

1849. George Walker Woodhouse, m. d., was born in 181 8, in Madbury, N. H. ; was graduated, in 1847, ^^"^^ Bowdoin Medi- 8

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cal College ; was in practice in Dover as early as 1849; was a member of Strafford District Medical Society ; married a daughter of Prof. Parker Cleveland, of Brunswick, Me. ; died in Dover, 3 Nov., 1850, of consumption. 1848. James Elbridge Lothrop, m. d., son of Daniel Lothrop, was born 30 Nov., 1826, in Rochester, N. H. ; read medicifte with Jeremiah Home, m. d., in Dover; was graduated, in 1848, from

Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia ; began the practice of medicine in 1848, in Dover; became a member of Strafford Dis-

trict Medical Society ; married a daughter of Joseph Morrill, Esq.,

of Dover; left the practice in 1849 and became a merchant of Dover.

1854. Abner Ham, u. d., son of Benjamin Ham, of Farming- ton, N. H., was born in 182 1 ; was graduated, in 1844, from Bow- doin College ; was graduated, in 1847, from a medical college in

New York ; settled in practice in Rochester, N. H. ; moved to

Dover, in 1854, and practiced three or four years ; moved to Cam- bridge, Mass., where he died in 1866. He was a member of Strafford District Medical Society, and a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society.

1855. Andrew James Hale Buzzell, m. d., son of Dr. Aaron

Buzzell, was born 31 March, 1 831, in New York city; he read

medicine with Levi Gerrish Hill, M. d., of Dover, and was gradu-

ated, in 1854, from Dartmouth Medical College ; and began practice in 1855, in Dover. He was commissioned in August, 1862, Assistant Surgeon 3d Reg't N. H. Vols., and on 17 Nov., 1862, was promoted to be Surgeon of the same. While in the army he served as member of Army Examining Board, Brigade Surgeon, Medical Inspector, and Medical Director. He died of typho-

malarial fever, 27 March, 1865, ^t Wilmington, N. C. ; his remains were brought to Dover, and were interred with Masonic honors,

April 4, 1865.

1862. George Edward Pinkham, m. d., son of Nicholas Pinkham,

was in practice in Dover for a few months in 1862. He is now a physician in Lowell, Mass.

1862. James Henry Wheeler, m. d., son of John H. Wheeler, druggist, of Dover, was bom 17 Sept., 1831 ; was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, in 1862,

and settled in practice in Dover in the same year. He is a Fellow DOVER PHVSICI.^NS. 19

of the N. H. Medical Society, a member and ex-President of the Strafford District Medical Society, and a member of the American Medical Association. He was delegate from the N. H. Medical Society, in 1871, to examine the graduating class of Dartmouth

Medical College, and to deliver the address to the same. He is United* States Pension Examiner. He married Anna D. French of New York city, Oct., 1862. 1865. George Franklin French, m. d., son of John A. French, of Dover, now a physician of Portland, Me., practiced medicine in Dover, for six months, in 1865.

1865. Dr. J. Denham Hume, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, practiced in Dover, six months, in 1865. He went to Boston, Mass., and died suddenly a short time afterwards. 1866. Moses Craft Lathrop, m. d., was born 21 May, 1830,

in Tolland, Conn. ; read medicine in 1849- 185 2 with Dr. Marshall

Calkins, of Monson, Mass., and with Dr. J. M. Nichols, of Wor- cester, Mass. ; was graduated, in 1852, from the Worcester (Mass.) Medical College; practiced in 1852 and 1853 at Meredith Bridge and at Pittsfield, N. H. ; from 1853 to 1855 at Lee, Mass. ; from

1855 to 1858 at Attica, N. Y. ; and from 1858 to 1863 at Algona and Cedar Falls, Iowa. He was commissioned, in 1863, as Assis- tant Surgeon 19th Reg't Iowa Vols., and in October of the same year was made Surgeon 4th Reg't U. S. Engineers, 25th Army

Corps ; was mustered out of the United States service in March, 1866, and settled in Dover, where he has practiced continuously to this date. He is a member and ex- President of the Strafford

District Medical Society, and is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society. He married, in 1853, EHzabeth, widow of Rev. S. S. ]V[atthews. 1866. John Randolph Ham, m. d., son of Charles Ham, and grandson of Ephraim Ham, of Dover, was born in Dover, 23 Oct.,

Buzzell, m. d., of 1842 ; read medicine in 1862 with A. J, H. Dover, and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin Medical College

Hill, d., of in the spring of 1863 ; read in 1863 with Levi G. m. Do- ver, and in the winter of 1863-4 attended medical lectures at Har- Wheeler, m. d., of vard Medical College ; read in 1864 with J. H. Dover, until August, when he was commissioned by the President, and mustered as Assistant Surgeon 115th Reg't U. S. Colored In- as of the same legi- fantry ; was promoted, and mustered Surgeon ;;

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of 25th Corps ment in Sept., 1865 ; was Medical Purveyor Army ; was mustered out of United States service in March, 1866; attended third course of medical lectures, and was graduated from continous- Bowdoin Medical College in June, 1866 ; has practiced ly in Dover since date of graduation. He is a member, and for ten years has been Secretary, of the Strafford District Medical So-

is of the N. H Medical Society ; is a member of ciety ; a Fellow

is Strafford the N. H. Historical Society ; a Coroner for County and has served four years on the Board of Instruction of city of Dover. He married Emily Caroline, daughter of Gen. George W. Hersey, of Wolfeborough, N. H., 9 Nov., 1871.

1868. John Bell, m. d., son of Gov. Samuel Bell, was born 19

July, 1 83 1, in Chester, N. H., was graduated in 1852 from Dart- mouth College, and in 1854 from the University of Pennsylvania, in medicine. He practiced in Kingston and Derry, N. H. ; was commissioned in 1861 Assistant Surgeon 5th U. S. Cavalry; served through the War of the Rebellion; came to Dover in 1868, and practiced 'till 1875, when he moved to Manchester, N. H., where he is now in practice.

1870. Jasper Hazen York, m. d., son of John York, was born

27 Feb., 1 81 6, in Lee, N. H. ; was a student at Philhps Exeter

Academy ; read medicine with Calvin Cutter, m. d., of Dover was graduated in 1843 from Harvard Medical College ; began practice in 1843 in South Boston, Mass. ; left Boston in 1870 and settled in practice in Dover; died in Dover, 7 April, 1874, from chronic ulcer and stricture of the duodenum.

1871. John Gilman Pike, m. d., son of Nathaniel G., grandson of John, and great-grandson of Rev. James Pike, of Somersworth, N. H., was born in Somersworth, 17 Aug., 181 7; studied in the class of 1845 ii^ Bowdoin College for three years ; left the college

in his senior year and began to read medicine ; was graduated from Bowdoin Medical College in 1847, and commenced practice

in Durham, N. H., in the same year ; left Durham, and settled in

Salmon Falls, N. H., in 1848; left Salmon Falls in 1868, and

moved to Boston, Mass. ; left Boston in 18 71, and settled in Do- ver, where he now resides. He married (ist) Mary Yeaton Cressey, of Gorham, Me., and (2d) Mrs. Alice (Ham) Home, of Dover, in 1867. DOVER PHYSICIANS. 21

1875. William Parker Sylvester, m. d., was graduated in 1847 from Bowdoin Medical College; came to Dover from Dur-

ham, N. H., in 1875, and practiced 'till 1878; he now lives in Sherburne, Mass., retired from practice.

1878. Edward Swett Berry, m. d., was born 29 Oct., 1844,

in Pittsfield, N. H. ; read medicine with John Wheeler, m. d., of

Barnstead, N. H. ; was graduated from Dartmouth Medical Col- lege in 1870 ; began practice in 1870 in Candia, N. H. ; moved to

Dover in 1878, and is engaged in practice. He is a member of the Strafford District Medical Society, and also of the Rockingham

District Medical Society, and is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society. He married, in 1871, Florentine A. Elkins, daughter of Jeremiah Elkins, Esq., of Laconia, N, H.

1878. Arthur Noel Smith, M.D.,son of Samuel M. Smith,M.D., his of Baring, Me., was born 29 July, 185 i ; read medicine with father, D., of Pembroke, Me.) and brother (J. R. N. Smith, M. ; was graduated in 1872 from Bowdoin Medical College; began practice in 1873, in Silver City, Idaho; left Idaho in 1878, and

setded in Dover. He is in medical partnership with Dr. Cham- berlin.

1878. David Tav-lor Parker Chamberlin, m. d.. was bom in

Lebanon, Me., 21 Nov., 1846 ; read medicine with his uncle. Dr.

Parker, of Farmington, N. H. ; was graduated in 1872 from Bow- from to in Farmington, doin Medical College ; practiced 1872 1878

N. H. ; settled in Dover in 1878, and is in partnership with his

classmate, Dr. A. N. Smith. He is a Fellow of N. H. Medical Society, and member of Strafford District Medical Society.

1878. Charles Albert Fairbanks, m. d., son of Albert A. from Fairbanks, of Dover, was born 17 Dec, 1849 ; was graduated

Scientific Department of Dartmouth College in 187 1, and was a

draughtsman for next three years ; was Station Agent of D. & P. with John R. R. R. in Dover, in 1874 ; read, medicine in 1874-5 Ham, M. D., in Dover; was student in Harvard Medical College in practiced six 1875-77, and was graduated from the same in 1877 ; months in Fall River, Mass., and settled in Dover in 1878. He

is a Fellow of the N. H. Medical Society, and a member of Straf-

ford District Medical Society, and is a Coroner for Strafford county. 22 NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

1878. William Barker Mack, m. d., son of William F. Mack, was bom in Bellows Falls, Vt., 26 Jan., 1852 ; read medicine with

Dr. S. H. Currier, of Norwich, Vt., and with Prof. C. P. Frost, of

Hanover, N. H. ; was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1877 ; settled in practice in Dover, in 1878.

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